CUSAS 03, 0380

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P324460

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324460.

Transliteration

2(disz) sila3 kasz du-ta
en-ne2-ma
1(disz) be-li2-a-zu
lu2-i3-si-in-me
1(disz) sila3 ma-szum ARAD2 e2-A
3(disz)
kasz du-bi 5(disz) sila3
gurusz-e-ne ib2-nag
ki i3-li2-uz-[ra]-ni-ta [ba]-zi
giri3 iszkur-illat szabra
u3 puzur4-nin-kar-ke3 dub-sar
iti ki-siki nin-a-zu
[mu] szu-suen lugal uri5#-ma-ke4 na-ru2-a-mah [en-lil2] nin-lil2 mu-[ne-du3]
[u4] 2(u) 3(disz)-kam gaba-ri

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 0380. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šu-Suen y1 — Šu-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA (P324460) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324460..

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